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The IUC is considered one of the top Japanese schools in the world. [6] Former U.S. ambassador to Japan and vice-president Walter Mondale called it "imperative for the sake of America's future relations with [Japan]", and former ambassador and Speaker of the House Thomas Foley noted that its graduates play a "central part" in the U.S.-Japan ...
Interest from foreign language learners was limited prior to World War II, and instruction for non-heritage speakers was established more slowly. One 1934 survey found only eight universities in the United States offering Japanese language education, mostly supported by only one instructor per university; it further estimated that only thirteen American professors possessed sufficient fluency ...
Pages in category "Japanese international schools in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
As of 2013, in Asia 3.4% of children of Japanese nationality and speaking Japanese as a first language attend Japanese weekend schools in addition to their local schools. In North America that year, 45% of children of Japanese nationality and speaking Japanese as a first language attend Japanese weekend schools in addition to their local schools.
The school's Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT)-compliant classes are part of its Division 1. The principal of Division 1 is funded by MEXT. [5] In addition, the school offers Japanese heritage language courses, Japanese as a foreign language courses, [6] and courses for adults as part of Division 2, which is oriented to children attending university in the United States and other persons ...
Previously known as the Koby International Academy (コービィ国際学院 Kōbii Kokusai Gakuin), [4] the school was founded in September 1993, [5] by Yoshihisa Kobayashi, who, as of 2008, is the president of the school. Kobayashi moved to the U.S. in 1987 after working as an English teacher in his native Japan.
In 1986 the school had 16 American teachers; [22] these teachers give English and American social studies classes. [8] As of 1986 the school arranges one day exchanges with local American schools so that the students attending The Japanese School of New York do not become too isolated from the United States. [22]
The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Houston (ヒューストン日本語補習校, Hyūsuton Nihongo Hoshūkō, JLSSH) is a supplementary Japanese school in Houston, Texas. Its classes are held at the Westchester Academy for International Studies. [1] and the school office is located in the Memorial Ashford Place office building.